[kwɑːk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- any of a number of subatomic particles carrying a fractional electric charge, postulated as building blocks of the hadrons. Quarks have not been directly observed but theoretical predictions based on their existence have been confirmed experimentally


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Origin:
1960s: a word invented by Murray Gell-Man (see Gell-Mann, Murray). Originally quork, the term was changed by association with the line ‘Three quarks for Muster Mark’ in Joyce's Finnegans Wake (1939)

[kwɑːk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a type of low-fat curd cheese


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Origin:
early 20th century: from German Quark ‘curd, curds’